Bone Marrow Aspiration - Long Term Pain Expecations

I did not have complications. The bone marrow biopsy was done at top of my left hip. My doctor has a lot of experience.

I am very sorry . Your oncologist who performed the procedure should be helping you. Fever, chills would indicate infection. I have been told sometime biopsies cause nerve damage depending on the location. Nerve damage takes awhile to heal.

After my biopsy in 2011 which proved I had MF, I had an appointment with the consultant. She offered me the chemo tablet. I said, "No thank you, I cannot believe that something which does so much harm can be good for one!" She 'sacked' me on the spot. (Just as well). My GP, a fine man, got me another consultant and later I saw another who is very good. He accepts I am using natural supplements - with the help of a medical herbalist. He also said recently, in front of a student. "Whatever you are doing, keep on doing it. It is working. You are unusually stable!"

All my biopsies were for diagnosis and progress Updates with my treatments of Acute Myeloid Leukemia and subsequent SCT. From what I’m reading about your experience I’d also recommend a change in treatment centers. I guess I’m not understanding who secured your stem cells for treatment. Will you be having a stem cell transplant? Cell harvesting is generally completed under the supervision of a stem cell/bone marrow transplant team. They’re dedicated to your treatment, care and education. If you’re not getting the answers you deserve then definitely seek expertise elsewhere. We ask a lot of questions of my team if concerns pop up and never dismissed out of hand. I’m so sorry you’re having a negative experience.

Hi Gmill,
Sorry to hear about your problems post the bone marrow biopsy. I’ve had 3 thus far, to detect and access the state of my disease - I have multiple myeloma. I have experienced soreness and pain post aspiration that lasted couple days to a week max. Reading your experience, it would be best to consult a specialist that really understands the procedure and your problem. Also, Since you are training for Ironman, I’m assuming you have a rigorous exercise routine - does that have anything to do with the discomfort?

Have you had any long term discomfort?

Part of me also feels badly because I didn't need to do this procedure but I was convinced by a company that it would be a good thing to do. I did this procedure to bank stem cells while I am young and now I am having issues with it.

I'm assuming my working out has to do with the pain, but it's mainly rough in the morning and not while I actually am working out.

I almost feel like I shouldn't be complaining because everyone else who probably had this procedure done had some sort of serious complication. For you guys, I have a newfound respect and admiration of what you have to go through.

I had a prolapsed disc in 1993. If I overdo the active, even now I feel the effects two days later! I have found that sometimes it takes a while for the muscles to react! That could be it!

@migizii. This is a very common time frame for me to wait for a specialist too, but it is not unusual to have to wait up to six months. I live in the USA.

Timely access to our physicians is critical. I find this wait time very unusual. I’ve seen specialists at UVA, Duke and most recently the Mayo Clinic in Phoenix. The latter was scheduled in less than a month. That said, it takes me about 2 weeks to fully recover from a biopsy. I have level 3 fibrosis which makes the procedure more challenging.